Re: SBS2K Offline File Question

From: Techieluvr (nkim_at_ccef.org)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: 9 Mar 2005 06:20:34 -0800

Charles,

Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.

Question: Is there a Microsoft "best practice" resource/white paper
having guidelines about when certain types of GPOs should be applied to
computers rather than users and vice-versa?

One other issue worth mentioning. There are two domain group policies
both named "Default Domain Policy." When I rename one group policy, I
notice that the other also is renamed and when I make group policy
changes to one it is duplicated in the other. I'd like to delete the
duplicate but I'm afraid by deleting one I will delete both of them.
What's the best way to handle this?

Thanks.

Techieluvr

"Charles Yang [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Glad to hear from you.
>
> As your description, I understand that you want to enable offline
file
> caching for client computers using GPO. If I am off base, please let
me
> know.
>
> Based on my research, you can use the GPO to accomplish this goal, if
you
> want this GPO applied to all the client computers; I suggest you set
the
> policy based on computer. It will be easier to manage. Please see the

> following for detailed steps:
>
> Open the "Server Management: Advance Management->Group Policy
> Management->Forest->Domain->Server Name->Default Domain Policy
>
> Then right click the "Default Domain Policy" choose edit.
>
> "Computer configuration->Administrative Templates>Network>Offline
Files",
> all the policy in this folder is related to the offline files. You
can
> choose what you need to configure for offline file folder at the
domain
> level.
>
> I hope the above information helpful, if you have any concerns;
please feel
> free to let me know. It's my pleasure to be of further assistance.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
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